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IN RE MARRIAGE OF MUELL

No. 86-547.

408 N.W.2d 774 (1987)

In re the Marriage of Peggy Ilene MUELL and Kenneth Dean Muell. Upon the Petition of Peggy Ilene Muell, Petitioner-Appellant, And Concerning Kenneth Dean Muell, Respondent-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

April 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan T. McGrevey of McGrevey & Sherman, Fort Dodge, for petitioner-appellant.

William B. Ridout of Sanderson, Ridout & Martens, Estherville, for respondent-appellee.

Considered by OXBERGER, C.J., and HAYDEN and SCHLEGEL, JJ.

OXBERGER, Chief Judge.

In this appeal, we are again asked to approve a trial court's decree dividing the custody of the parties' two children, ages nine and three, on an alternating weekly basis. The children's mother objects to the decree, arguing that the constant custodial shifting is unreasonably disruptive and consequently is not in the best interest of the children. We agree, and modify the decree to award both parents joint custody but grant primary physical...

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